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Police officer stabbed at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate; attacker subdued

By Emanuel Fabian 8 May 2022, 7:59 pm Edit

Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.

Illustrative: Israeli security forces at the scene of stabbing attack outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, on December 4, 2021. (Jamal Awad/ Flash90)

Illustrative: Israeli security forces at the scene of stabbing attack outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, on December 4, 2021. (Jamal Awad/ Flash90)

A police officer has been stabbed at Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate, the Magen David Adom emergency service says.

His condition is not immediately clear.

Police say the attacker was shot, but his condition is not immediately clear either.

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